Emotion perception across cultures: The role of cognitive mechanisms

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 4, Issue MAR, 2013, Pages

  Engelmann, Jan B ^a   Pogosyan, Marianna ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b INTERNATIONAL CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Attention; Culture; Display rules; Emotion

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878801590     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00118     Document Type: Article

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